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Florencia D’Andrea
I am an ecotoxicologist specialized in Risk Assessment. I have experience analyzing toxicological databases of aquatic organisms as well as in the use of models that allow to simulate the environmental fate of pesticides.
Experience
PhD in Biological Sciences.
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 - 2013
- Thesis: Risk assessment for the use of pesticides used in extensive crops on the biota of the water bodies of the Pampas region.
- Director: Dr. Julie C. Brodeur
Professor of Middle and Higher Education in Biological Sciences
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 - 2013
Licenciate in Biological Sciencies
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 - 2007
- Thesis: Alterations in heme synthesis by xenobiotics: liver damage and metabolic implications Department of Biological Chemistry. Buenos Aires’ University.
- Director: Dr. Marta Mazzetti
Research experience
PostDoc National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)-CONICET
Institute of Biological Resources. National Institute of Agricultural Technology.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current - 2019
- Development of computer tools to assess the risk of pesticide applications for aquatic ecosystems
- Director: Dr. Julie C. Brodeur
Doctoral Scholarship in the strategic theme of Water Resources
Institute of Biological Resources. National Institute of Agricultural Technology.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 - 2013
- Evaluation of the risk associated with the current level of use of agrochemicals for water quality in the Pampean region
- Director: Dr. Julie C. Brodeur
Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program Fellow
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
University of Quebec, Canada
2017
- Hydrological modeling and risk assessment
- Director: Dr. Alain N. Rousseau
Stimulus Scholarship of the University of Buenos Aires for undergraduate students
Xenobiotic Metabolic Disturbances Laboratory. Biological Chemistry Department.
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 - 2011
- Metabolic disturbances and oxidative stress in experimental models of porphyria
- Director: Dr. Marta Mazzetti
Scientific publications in international journals (last 3 years)
I am currently focused on publishing the software and data for my articles with an emphasis on computational reproducibility
Lethal and sublethal effects of the natural and healthy spinosad-based formulation Tracer™ on tadpoles of two neotropical species
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
N/A
2020
- Bahl, M. F., Brodeur, J. C., Costa, C. S., D’Andrea, M. F., Sansiñena, J. A., Marino, D. J., & Natale, G. S.
“Frog somatic indices: Importance of considering allometric scaling, relation with body condition and seasonal variation in the frog Leptodactylus latrans”
Ecological Indicators
N/A
2020
- Brodeur, J. C., Candioti, J. V., Damonte, M. J., Bahl, M. F., Poliserpi, M. B., & D’Andrea, M. F.
The problem with implementing fish farms in agricultural regions: A trial in a pampean pond highlights potential risks to both human and fish health
Chemosphere
N/A
2019
- Brodeur, J. C., Poletta, G. L., Simoniello, M. F., Carriquiriborde, P., Cristos, D. S., Pautasso, N., D’Andrea M.F. & Aca, V. L.
Sensitivy analysis of the Pesticide in Water Calculator Model for applications in the Pampa region of Argentina
Science of the Total Environment
N/A
2019
- D’Andrea, M. F., Letorneau, G., Rosseau, A. N, Brodeur, J. C.
- Software asociado a esta publicación PWCfilegenerator v0.1.0: An R package for creating weather files for PWC
“New record of Pseudis minuta Gunther, 1858 - Anura: Hylidae - in South Santa Fe Province, Argentina”
Herpetology Notes.: Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH)
N/A
2019
- Vera-Candioti, J., D’Andrea, M. F., & Brodeur, J. C.
shinyssd v1.0: Species Sensitivity Distributions for Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment
Journal of Open Source Software
N/A
2018
- D’Andrea, M.F., Brodeur, J.C.
Trends in reference evapotranspiration and associated climatic variables over the last 30 years
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
N/A
2018
- D’Andrea, M. F., Rosseau, A. N., Bigah, Y, Gattinoni, N. N., Brodeur, J. C.
“Accumulation of current-use pesticides, cholinesterase inhibition and reduced body condition in juvenile one-sided livebearer fish - Jenynsia multidentata - from the agricultural Pampa region of Argentina”
Chemosphere
N/A
2017
- Brodeur, J. C., Sanchez, M., Castro, L., Rojas, D. E., Cristos, D., Damonte, M. J., Poliserpi, M. B., D’Andrea, M. F., Andriulo, A. E.
“New record of Pseudis minuta Gunther, 1858 - Anura: Hylidae - in South Santa Fe Province, Argentina”
Herpetology Notes.: Societas Europaea Herpetologica
N/A
2017
- Vera Candioti, J, D’Andrea, M.F., Brodeur, J.C.
Conferences (selección)
Framework for the ecological risk assessment of pesticides in the Pampa region
8th Young Environmental Scientist Meeting
University of Ghent, Belgium
2019
- I presented this work as oral communication in the congress.
Species Sensitivity Distributions for Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment: elaboration of a shiny app to facilitate data analysis
LatinR Conference 2018
University Palermo, Argentina
2018
- First presentation of a Shiny app.
Pesticide Risk Assessment in the Pampa Region of Argentina: Framework for exposure characterization
12th SETAC LatinAmerica Biennial Meeting
Sao Pablo, Brazil
2017
- Work recognized as one of the best in its section.
Universitary teaching
Postgraduate course “Programming in R for Data Analysis” (in Spanish)
National University of the Northeast
Corrientes, Argentina
2020
- Workshop dictated with Roxana Villafa
e and Patricia Loto
Human Resources Training
Pre-professional internships. PROCAGRA program.
National Center for Agricultural Research
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017
- Intern: Sara Friedrichs
- Topic: Ecotoxicological risk assessment of pesticides in aquatic environments.
Courses y Certificacions (selección)
In addition to having a bachelor’s degree in education oriented to Biological Sciences
Shiny Instructor Certification
RStudio
(Online) USA
2020
- Certification in Shiny apps and programming teaching practices
El ciclo del agua desde la perspectiva de los ecosistemas terrestes
National University of San Luis
San Luis, Argentina
2020
Tidyverse Instructor Certification
RStudio
(Online) USA
2018
- Certification in the group of R packages known as “Tidyverse” and programming teaching practices
Software Carpentry Instructor Training
(Online) USA
2018
- Certification in programming education
Multivariate Analysis with R applied to Ecology, Genetics and Evolution
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
Workshop "Intermediate Shiny
RStudioConf::2018
California, USA
2016
- Workshop on creating web applications with the {shiny} package
Temas químicos en gestión ambiental
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
Talks
On my website I usually upload information and material from my talks and workshops.
Talk “Producing my next scientific article with R”: "Research Compendiums, Reproducibility and Interactivity in academic publications
Institute of Biological Resources. National Institute of Agricultural Technology.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020
- Seminar for the INTA Natural Resources Research Center.
Talk “Reproducibility in R: sharing interactive environments with Binder”
R-Ladies Buenos Aires
Remote
2020
Events Organization
LatinR. Latin American Conference on the Use of R in Research + Development
University of the Republic
(Online due to COVID19) Montevideo, Uruguay
2020
- Chair
- ReproHack in LatinR 2020:Organization of the first computational reproducibility hackathon in Spanish
ReproHacks Northern Tour 2020
Software Sustainability Institute
University of Sheffield, UK
2020
- Part of the team organizing a hackathon at the University of Sheffield and the University of Manchester. The last event was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
LatinR. Latin American Conference on the Use of R in Research + Development
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2019
- Organizing committee
LatinR. Latin American Conference on the Use of R in Research + Development
University of Palermo
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
- Organizing committee
Communities
I am an organizer of different communities and scientific events. I like to learn from others
R-Ladies Global team - R-Ladies Chapter Mentoring Program
Encharged of the program
Internacional
Current - 2020
ReproHack
Core-team
Internacional
Current - 2019
- The objective of ReproHack to promote the computational reproducibility of scientific articles from the organization of Hackathons
R-Ladies Buenos Aires
Co-organizer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020 - 2017
- R-Ladies Buenos Aires is part of a worldwide organization to promote Gender Diversity in the R.
R en Buenos Aires
Co-organizer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 - 2018
- Community of R users in Buenos Aires
Extension
Workshop “Introduction to Shiny”
LatinR Conference 2020
(Online due to COVID19) University of the Republica, Uruguay
2020
- Workshop given with Juan Cruz Rodr
guez and Vilma Romero
Translation of Data Carpentry lessons
Event at CarpentryCon 2020
(Online due to COVID19) Madison, USA
2020
- Organization of an online translation event for the Spanish-speaking community of The Carpentries.
Workshop "Open Data and Reproducibility v2.1
Workshop at CarpentryCon 2020
(Online due to COVID19) Madison, USA
2020
- Workshop dictated with Pablo Bernabeu
Workshop “Introduction to Shiny”
Workshop at R-Ladies Resistencia-Corrientes
Corrientes, Argentina
2019
Introductory Workshop to the R language
Conference of AgroInformatics Argentine (CAI) - Conference on Informatics Argentine (JAIIO)
National University of Salta, Argentina
2018
- Workshop dictated with Yanina Saibene Bellini
Carpentries Teaching practises for R users
LatinR Conference 2018
University of Palermo, Argentina
2018
- Workshop dictated with Rayna Harris
Translation of two chapters of the book “R for Data Science”
R4DS Community (in Spanish)
Online
2018
Translation into Spanish of lessons "R for reproducible scientific analysis
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
Taller a docentes "Contaminación y calidad de agua
INTA Castelar
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017
- GERMINA contest. Green Schools Program. University of San Andr
s.
R course for scientists
VII Conference of the Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Society Argentine (SETAC)
National University of San Luis, Argentina
2017
- First pre-conference workshop at SETAC taught by a student
Programming
I have used R for data analysis
Interactive tutorials
R package {learnr}
N/A
2020